Duke Nukem 3D screen saver from RISS tops shareware download list for second week; web servers expanded to meet user demands; over 100,000 downloads in two weeks.WOONSOCKET Woonsocket (w  nsŏk`ĭt, w n–), city (1990 pop. 43,877), Providence co., N R.I., on both sides of the Blackstone River; settled c.1666, set off from Cumberland 1867, inc. as a city 1888., R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 1996--Rhode Island Soft Systems (RISS RISS - Real-Time IR/EO Scene SimulatorRISS - Reference Information Storage System (HP) RISS - Regional Information Sharing System) proudly announces that its new Duke Nukem 3D Screen Saver A utility that prevents a CRT from being etched by an unchanging image. After a specified duration of time without keyboard or mouse input, it blanks the screen or displays moving objects. Pressing a key or moving the mouse restores the screen. It would actually take many hours to burn in an image on today's color monitors. However, the entertainment provided by these utilities (swimming fish, flying toasters, etc.) has made them very popular. See Maya screen saver. and Entertainment Pack has topped the nation's shareware download charts for a second week in a row. Demand for the product has been so great (over 100,000 downloads; the average best-selling shareware product registers 20,000 tops!) that RISS was required to expand its Web Server access to meet consumer needs. RISS' shareware version has been posted three weeks prior to the product's debut in retail stores. With postings on the Internet and several commercial online services, the product has been the No.1 shareware download two weeks running, according to the popular Internet service C/Net. Duke Nukem 3D Screen Saver and Entertainment Pack is a Windows product that captures the very essence of the popular game itself: blood, gore, death, destruction and, of course, humor. The product contains five fully animated screen savers, one still image screen saver depicting 50 scenes from the game, 75 wallpaper images, 25 sound clips, 16 background music tracks in MIDI format, and 16 electronic jigsaw puzzles of scenes from the game. The product has a list price of $24.95 and is offered in retail channels by FormGen. The RISS shareware version contains one of the animated screen savers and a sampling of wallpaper and sound clips and can be downloaded via http://www.RISoftSystems.com, over CompuServe at GO RISS, Sec/Lib 5, or from the RISS BBS at 401/767-3931. Rhode Island Soft Systems, Inc. is a developer of consumer and business software programs specializing in Windows products such as multimedia titles, screen savers, utilities, games and licensed technologies. For more information, contact Rhode Island Soft Systems, Inc. at 800/959-RISS or 401/767-3106, or write to RISS at P.O. Box 748, Woonsocket, RI 02895, or via the Internet at http://www.RISoftSystems.com or info@risoftsystems.com CONTACT: Open City Communications Phil Hall, 212/714-3575 |
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